FAA shares blame also

Ted wrote:

OtisWinslow wrote in message ...
This guy was like 69 years old and it's sure questionable how
up to date he was. The account I read said when intercepted
by the Blackhawks he totally froze and the student pilot
had to take over and land the plane. His flying career needs
to end.

There's no excuse for not getting a briefing and getting
the NOTAMS. I don't leave the ground without getting
a briefing and I fly in a low traffic part of the country.


A little Garmin consumer GPS receiver ($140) with a proximity waypoint set
to 15 miles around the Washington monument wouldn't have been a bad idea
either.

A guy age 69 who still flys (well, until recently) perhaps could afford a
Garmin 196 or 296, perhaps learn how to use it, have a current database, and
have a really good shot of staying out of ugly airspace. ~

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Ted wrote:

OtisWinslow wrote in message ...
This guy was like 69 years old and it's sure questionable how
up to date he was. The account I read said when intercepted
by the Blackhawks he totally froze and the student pilot
had to take over and land the plane. His flying career needs
to end.


A little Garmin consumer GPS receiver ($140) with a proximity waypoint
set
to 15 miles around the Washington monument wouldn't have been a bad idea
either.

A guy age 69 who still flys (well, until recently) perhaps could afford a
Garmin 196 or 296, perhaps learn how to use it, have a current database,
and
have a really good shot of staying out of ugly airspace. ~

I keep thinking of this 80 year old "geezer"...doing single pilot Cessna
Citation and handling an emergency that would put many of us to shame.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...24X01192&key=1


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best rapper is a white guy, the best
golfer is a black guy, the tallest
basketball player is Chinese,
and Germany doesn't want
to go to war." - Charles Barkley

I keep thinking of this 80 year old "geezer"...doing single pilot Cessna
Citation and handling an emergency that would put many of us to shame.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...24X01192&key=1

I wonder why this pilot didn't pull the circuit breaker or turn the
electric trim off.

Jose
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Perhaps even a pilot age 68 could do the sme thing.

Or 67...

Or 66...

Or...



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Ted wrote:

OtisWinslow wrote in message ...
This guy was like 69 years old and it's sure questionable how
up to date he was. The account I read said when intercepted
by the Blackhawks he totally froze and the student pilot
had to take over and land the plane. His flying career needs
to end.

There's no excuse for not getting a briefing and getting
the NOTAMS. I don't leave the ground without getting
a briefing and I fly in a low traffic part of the country.


A little Garmin consumer GPS receiver ($140) with a proximity waypoint
set
to 15 miles around the Washington monument wouldn't have been a bad idea
either.

A guy age 69 who still flys (well, until recently) perhaps could afford a
Garmin 196 or 296, perhaps learn how to use it, have a current database,
and
have a really good shot of staying out of ugly airspace. ~

wrote:
Perhaps even a pilot age 68 could do the sme thing.

Or 67...

Or 66...

Or...



wrote in message ...


Ted wrote:


OtisWinslow wrote in message ...

This guy was like 69 years old and it's sure questionable how
up to date he was. The account I read said when intercepted
by the Blackhawks he totally froze and the student pilot
had to take over and land the plane. His flying career needs
to end.

There's no excuse for not getting a briefing and getting
the NOTAMS. I don't leave the ground without getting
a briefing and I fly in a low traffic part of the country.


A little Garmin consumer GPS receiver ($140) with a proximity waypoint

set

to 15 miles around the Washington monument wouldn't have been a bad idea
either.

A guy age 69 who still flys (well, until recently) perhaps could afford a
Garmin 196 or 296, perhaps learn how to use it, have a current database,

and

have a really good shot of staying out of ugly airspace. ~

Yes, this pilot's problem wasn't age, it was not being prepared for the
airspace in which he was flying. This could be the case with a pilot 16
or 86.

My primary instructor is 84 and still flies fairly regularly. I don't
think he instructs or otherwise exercises his commercial privileges, but
he kept one of his 150s when he retired as the operator of N38 and still
flies it often as well as riding his Harley. His flying skills are
still the envy of many much younger pilots, myself included.

Matt